Complaint 1928047
2019 KENWORTH T680 • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM • incident May 2, 2023
Crash
No
Fire
Yes
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 1928047
- Make
- KENWORTH
- Model
- T680
- Model Year
- 2019
- Component
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Incident Date
- May 2, 2023
- Date Received
- Sep 15, 2023
- Data As Of
- Aug 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Owner Narrative
We have under hood fire during operating the truck. The driver was driving in TX. The police and fire department need to be involved to extinguish the fire. The truck need to be towed to terminal. The two dealers were doing estimate and the try to look up the causes of the fire, but is seems they not able to find it. We asked some privet mechanics and they think that fire could start from starter. The truck is 2019 T680 455,972 miles with engine Paccar MX-13. The truck is available fot inspection.
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.